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Philadelphia, PA: Da Capo Press, 2008. 1st Edition Reprint 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine. Hardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: Da Capo Press1St Edition edition (September 30, 2008) Language: English, ISBN-10: 0306817578, ISBN-13: 978-0306817571, Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches, , Shipping Weight: 12 ouncesLate in 1664, the musketeer D'Artagnan rode beside a carriage as it left Paris, carrying his friend Nicolas Fouquet to life imprisonment in a cell next door to the Man in the Iron Mask. From a glorious zenith as Louis XIV's first minister and Cardinal Mazarin's protégé and eventual protectorbuilder of the stunningly opulent chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomteand patron of the arts and lover of beautiful women, Fouquet had suffered a wretched decline. The story of the rise and fall of Nicolas Fouquet is both compelling and unforgettable. Charles Drazin's beautifully written and vivid account brings to life Fouquet's remarkable gains in fortune, influence, and power, as well as the lavish and hazardous world of the royal court in seventeenth-century France. 9.10 X 5.50 X 1.30 inches, 352 pages

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  • Publisher Da Capo Press
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  • Date Published 2008
  • Keywords BIOGRAPHY, FRANCE Biography, France

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